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Title
"Facilis decensus Apruit." Facile Dicsensus [sic] [Clarence King mountain climbing, making rope descent of rock wall]
Creator
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Photographer
Russell, Andrew J
Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1869
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Ashburner (William) Collection of Photographs from the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
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Description
Formerly bound in Volume 2.
Attributed to Andrew J. Russell.
Identification from ms. list: Mountain climbing. Identification from another copy or source: Facile decensus Clarence King. [GEH.] An alternate reading beginning "Facilis ascensus" has also been suggested, but the original pencil caption has been obscured by later ink, making an accurate transcription difficult.
Type
image
Format
Albumen prints
Extent
1 photograph : albumen print on mount ; print 28.1 x 22.6 cm.
Identifier
BANC PIC 1957.027:077--ffALB VAULT
ark:/28722/bk0007r8g3k
bselect_cubanc_16_1_00030892
Subject
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Pictorial works
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
Albumen prints
Place
West (U.S.)
Discovery and exploration
Pictorial works

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